PROJECT NUMBER
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2021-140
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
8 results
PROJECT NUMBER
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2018-114
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Completing Australia’s First National Bycatch Report
Bycatch (non-targeted organisms that are unintentionally caught when fishing for particular species or sizes of species) remains an important issue concerning the world’s fisheries. Discards are considered the most important component of bycatch because they represent a perceived wastage of...
ORGANISATION:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER
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2017-097
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Reducing bycatch using modifications to sweeps and lines anterior to the trawl mouth - collaboration with the Technical University of Denmark
Prawn trawling is among the world's least selective fishing methods and there has been a great deal of work done over the past few decades to develop modifications that reduce unwanted bycatches. Much of this work has focussed on modifications at, or near, the codend (at the aft section) of trawls,...
ORGANISATION:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
TAGS
SPECIES
PROJECT NUMBER
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2017-065
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Disseminating existing bycatch reduction and fuel efficiency technologies throughout Australia's prawn fisheries
Prawn trawling is among the world's least selective fishing methods, the unintended consequence being large quantities of bycatch. It is also a method that can disturb benthic habitats and use large quantities of fuel—a significant running cost for many fisheries. Issues of bycatch and fuel...
ORGANISATION:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER
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2016-057
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2015-208
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
Developing a National Bycatch Reporting System
Bycatch from fishing (the unintended, non-targeted organisms caught when targeting particular species or sizes of species) remains one of the most important issues concerning the world’s fisheries. And discards are considered the most important component of bycatch because they represent a...
ORGANISATION:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
Benchmarking Australia's national status reporting system
Project number:
2013-233
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$47,985.00
Principal Investigator:
Steve J. Kennelly
Organisation:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
Project start/end date:
30 Sep 2013
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28 Feb 2014
Contact:
FRDC
1. Provide a summary of the national species/fisheries status reporting systems used by the US, NZ, Canada and Iceland.
2. Provide a summary of the national species/fisheries status reporting system as used last year in Australia and current developments in that system
3. Benchmark the Australian system with objective 1 summarising where the Australian system is superior or inferior
4. Provide recommendations regarding how the Australian system can be improved to ensure it meets or exceeds current world's best practice.
Final report
ISBN:
978-0-9924930-0-4
PROJECT NUMBER
•
2013-052
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED
ORGANISATION:
IC Independent Consulting Pty Ltd
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